Protesters confront Nicola Sturgeon over failure to oppose Cambo oil field
A young protestor from Green New Deal Rising and the Stop Cambo campaign criticised the First Minister after the meeting.
Tag: fossil fuels
Cambo drilling plans incompatible with climate change targets, Greens warn
The party has urged the Scottish Parliament to back a motion opposing the proposed new site near Shetland.
Oil and gas bigwig launches an absurd defence of the UK’s North Sea drilling plans
The fossil fuel industry used to deny that climate change was a thing, or that it had anything to do ...
Glasgow’s decision to divest from fossil fuels must be backed up with action
The Strathclyde Pension Fund Committee has announced that it'll no longer invest in firms that don't meet environmental standards. Its ...
Opposition mounts against vast new oil project in endangered elephants’ ‘last stronghold’
Canadian company ReconAfrica is currently digging for oil in Namibia, with further exploration in Botswana moving forward too. Ultimately, the ...
Another week, another total failure from the Tory government to ‘lead the world’ on climate crisis
The UK government requested that the International Energy Agency (IEA) produce a report on how the world can meet its ...
The Tory government’s recent pick for ‘climate champion’ is way beyond satire
To mark six months until the COP26 climate conference, the event's host - aka the Conservative government - has released ...
Tory government slammed by committee for short-sighted and clueless climate inaction
The Public Accounts Committee has slammed the Conservative government over its climate inaction in a recent report. The committee's chair ...
Tory minister’s remarks on new UK oil drilling plan may be the dumbest thing ever uttered by this government
It's difficult to think of anything more dumb than planning to find new sources of dirty oil and gas when ...
Caroline Lucas nails the biggest problem with Sunak’s ‘whatever it takes’ budget
Rishi Sunak promised to do "whatever it takes" to support people and businesses when delivering his 2021 budget. However, our ...
Victory for campaigners as richest Cambridge college promises to divest from fossil fuels
After four years of student campaigning, Cambridge's Trinity College has promised to divest fully from fossil fuels in the next 10 ...
Councils have invested nearly £10bn through pension funds into climate-wrecking fossil fuels
Local governments have invested £9.7bn into fossil fuels through pension funds, according to new research. A report by campaign groups ...
An ‘act of ecocide’ shows how far the world is from treating the climate crisis like the emergency it is
The UN released the largest ever opinion poll on the climate crisis on 26 January. Involving 1.2 million respondents spanning ...
A landmark court case in Norway could help end fossil fuel drilling all over the world
A landmark case is currently making its way through Norway's Supreme Court. Climate NGOs have mounted the case against the ...
Activists think stopping one coal mine is the fight of our times. This is why you should care
If you're not Australian, you may not have heard of one of the most controversial coal mines in the world. ...
Scottish activists block gates at oil refinery in pollution protest
Some groups have locked themselves together at Grangemouth while boats are also being used.
‘Historic victory’ as five years of campaigning forces Cambridge University to divest from climate-wrecking companies
Cambridge University has promised to stop all fossil fuel investments by 2030 after a five-year-long campaign. The university further pledged ...
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